Ariane 5 ECA Completes Second Launch

Arianespace's new heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA booster is back in normal rotation following a second successful flight. The mission, which lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 8:46 p.m. local time on Nov. 16, orbited a pair of telecommunications satellites, DirecTV's Spaceway 2 and Indonesia's...

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